Tobacco Cessation Certificate Training

One of the most positive, cost-effective influences any healthcare professional can have is to help a patient quit smoking. This certification program is designed to prepare pharmacists and student pharmacist to identify patients who do smoke and to present a range of possible options, from quick counseling to long-term individual and group counseling programs, all designed to help smokers quit. By completing this course, pharmacists can earn 6 hours (0.6 CEUs) of continuing education credit.

The primary goal of this certification program is to enable you to implement a smoking cessation counseling program in your practice setting. By completing this course, you will become certified by the WSPA as an educational resource for patients who want to quit smoking.

Join the growing number of pharmacists implementing effective smoking cessation programs and help reduce the number one preventable cause of cancer in the United States-smoking!

At the completion of this program, the participant will be able to:
• Identify the role of the pharmacist in tobacco cessation.
• Discuss different cessation products, techniques and counseling tools
• Use “Prescription to Quit” as a Patient Care Service
• Review the epidemiology and health consequences of smoking;
• Understand the addictive properties of nicotine and risks of smoking for teens, pregnant women, symptomatic and asymptomatic adults;
• Identify, from a list, at least 5 good reasons you can give smokers a reason to quit;
• Describe at least 3 frequently prescribed drugs whose pharmacokinetics are altered by smoking;
• Understand the relationship between educational, behavioral, and pharmacological smoking cessation interventions;
• Review the effectiveness of current drug therapies for smoking cessation;
• Explore sources of material s useful in assisting patients to quit smoking, including support organizations, self-help 'bibliotherapy' and Internet sources.

The Washington State Pharmacy Association Tobacco Cessation Certificate Program consists of 2 sections. You will be required to view all of the videos and answer the test questions on line. In order to receive credit you must get a score of at least 70% correct responses. If you do not achieve 70% or better, you will be allowed to take 3 retakes. If you pass with a 70%, you will receive a certificate of completion and the CE will be uploaded to the CPE Monitor within a few days.